Job 40 — ULB

40Verse 1Yahweh continued to speak to Job; he said,^{Verse 2}“Should anyone who wishes to criticize try to correct the Almighty?
He who argues with God, let him answer.”^{Verse 3}Then Job answered Yahweh and said,^{Verse 4}“See, I am insignificant; how can I answer you?
I put my hand over my mouth.
^{Verse 5}I spoke once, and I will not answer;
indeed, twice, but I will proceed no further.”^{Verse 6}Then Yahweh answered Job out of a fierce storm and said,^{Verse 7}“Now gird up your loins like a man,
for I will ask you questions, and you must answer me.
^{Verse 8}Will you actually say that I am unjust?
Will you condemn me so you may claim you are right?
^{Verse 9}Do you have an arm like God's?
Can you thunder with a voice like him?
^{Verse 10}Now clothe yourself in glory and dignity;
array yourself in honor and majesty.
^{Verse 11}Scatter around the excess of your anger;
look at everyone who is proud and bring him down.
^{Verse 12}Look at everyone who is proud and bring him low;
trample down wicked people where they stand.
^{Verse 13}Bury them in the earth together;
imprison their faces in the hidden place.
^{Verse 14}Then will I also acknowledge about you
that your own right hand can save you.
^{Verse 15}Look now at the behemoth, which I made when I made you;
he eats grass like an ox.
^{Verse 16}See now, his strength is in his loins;
his power is in his belly's muscles.
^{Verse 17}He makes his tail like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are joined together.
^{Verse 18}His bones are like tubes of bronze;
his legs are like bars of iron.
^{Verse 19}He is the chief of the creatures of God.
Only God, who made him, can defeat him.
^{Verse 20}For the hills provide him with food;
the beasts of the field play nearby.
^{Verse 21}He lies under the lotus plants
in the shelter of the reeds, in the marshes.
^{Verse 22}The lotus plants cover him with their shade;
the willows of the brook are all around him.
^{Verse 23}See, if a river floods its banks, he does not tremble;
he is confident, though the Jordan should surge up to his mouth.
^{Verse 24}Can anyone capture him with a hook,
or pierce his nose through with a snare?